Florence Nightingale and the Health of the Raj (History of Medicine in Context)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780754633648
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; History of medicine; Nursing; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Biography / Autobiography; Nurses; Medical; India; General; Biography; Women social reformers; 1820-1910; 19th century; Great Britain; Nightingale, Florence,; Public health
First sentence: Florence Nightingale's pioneering work in giving nursing a professional status, her self-sacrificing role in the battlefield of Crimea, her picture as the Lady with the Lamp by the bedside of a wounded soldier and her contribution to medical statistics are all well known.